Well, that's what today feels like, anyway. My family is gathering this afternoon because my sister will be out of town this upcoming weekend, and we wanted to have a family dinner while we had the opportunity. I offered to be in charge of turkey and mashed potatoes. Turns out
The biggest problem I've always had with carrot-and-stick motivating factors that I control – like, "if I clean this room then I can have a cookie" – is that I can just... have the cookie. I'm the one enforcing the reinforcement mechanism and I can just not enforce it if I want
...okay, it's actually clear out, but it is quite dark. And cold; the temperature here dropped nearly thirty degrees (Fahrenheit) since I woke up, and it was odd to hear when I woke up that the temperature wasn't going to rise in the middle of the day. Well. Maybe we'll
I finally made it back to the gym today. I didn't get a lot done – walked around a bunch, then twenty minutes on a recumbent bike (much easier on my back than a treadmill or standard bike) – but it was good to refamiliarize myself with the place, and with how
Yesterday my partner Io reblogged something on Tumblr encouraging people to write fanfic, and more broadly to just write for yourself and have fun doing it. "Just follow your heart and write." That's easier when you feel like you have things in your heart. Remember how I've stopped feeling like